Brussels, 16/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - When the European Commission is renewed in 2014, hearings of the new commissioners are expected to be simplified and assessment of candidates speeded up, the European Parliament (EP) constitutional affairs committee states in a report adopted on 15 June. Although the last hearings had allowed transparent, fair and coherent assessment of the commissioners-designate, certain changes are nonetheless necessary and desirable if approval procedure is to be...